$9 for a real sourdough starter from sourdoughbreads.com. Well they have a
really nice SF white sourdough bread recipe, but I'm a diabetic so I need
whole grain. I've got a really good sourdough rye. However, I want whole
wheat, Sennebec Hill bread, or any of the specialty flours. However, I
don't want to add any other yeasts to this sourdough, as the grower doesn't
recommend this and I want my full $9 out of the deal!

Help

lordish

Sounds you are on a really tough spot with all your - not this, not that.

Turn it around and take what you can do and what you have and go from
there. If that is not enough, start eliminating - "recommendations" first.

The toughest is probably getting the $9 "out" - reads awfully trolly to me.

Samartha

Lordish wrote:
> $9 for a real sourdough starter from sourdoughbreads.com. Well they have a
> really nice SF white sourdough bread recipe, but I'm a diabetic so I need
> whole grain. I've got a really good sourdough rye. However, I want whole
> wheat, Sennebec Hill bread, or any of the specialty flours. However, I
> don't want to add any other yeasts to this sourdough, as the grower doesn't
> recommend this and I want my full $9 out of the deal!
>
> Help
>
> lordish
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Samartha Deva > wrote in
news:mailman.67.1165167421.1438.rec.food.sourdough @www.mountainbitwarrior
..com:

> Sounds you are on a really tough spot with all your - not this, not
> that.
>
> Turn it around and take what you can do and what you have and go from
> there. If that is not enough, start eliminating - "recommendations"
> first.
>
> The toughest is probably getting the $9 "out" - reads awfully trolly
> to me.
>
> Samartha
>

Well,I do know the culture works. It's eating me out of house and home! he
he. I"m coming up with a few ideas from reading different recipes, but I'm
winging it. Who knows?

lordish

Samartha Deva > wrote in
news:mailman.67.1165167421.1438.rec.food.sourdough @www.mountainbitwarrior
..com:

> Sounds you are on a really tough spot with all your - not this, not
> that.
>
> Turn it around and take what you can do and what you have and go from
> there. If that is not enough, start eliminating - "recommendations"
> first.
>
> The toughest is probably getting the $9 "out" - reads awfully trolly
> to me.
>
> Samartha
>
PS I have a 2lb Sunbeam bread machine. Works marvellously.

lordish

Lordish wrote:
> $9 for a real sourdough starter from sourdoughbreads.com. Well they have a
> really nice SF white sourdough bread recipe, but I'm a diabetic so I need
> whole grain. I've got a really good sourdough rye. However, I want whole
> wheat, Sennebec Hill bread, or any of the specialty flours. However, I
> don't want to add any other yeasts to this sourdough, as the grower doesn't
> recommend this and I want my full $9 out of the deal!
>
> Help
>
> lordish

Sourdough start is like digital media (sort of). You can make many
copies of the original for next to nothing. Of course you must make
copies, or it dies.

You want to be sure not to spoil your $9. Make a couple of copies of
your start. Dry one. Freeze one. Put one in the fridge in a stiff ball
and feed it once every month or two. Then when you feel that you have
sufficiently backed up your start, feed the "working copy" with whole
wheat flour.

In any case, you can bake whole wheat bread with a white start. That
might be good enough if an 80% WW and 20% white bread is ok for your
diabetes.

Hans Fugal wrote:
> Make a couple of copies of
> your start. Dry one. Freeze one. Put one in the fridge in a stiff ball
> and feed it once every month or two. Then when you feel that you have
> sufficiently backed up your start, feed the "working copy" with whole
> wheat flour.

And hey... if you screw up the backup of the backup. Or if your working
clone goes to hell... you can spend about 25 cents, buy 3 or 4 ounces
of wheat or rye berries, and make it the way dumb S.O.B.'s have for the
last 10 or 20 centuries <g>.

Will wrote:

>
> And hey... if you screw up the backup of the backup. Or if your working
> clone goes to hell... you can spend about 25 cents, buy 3 or 4 ounces
> of wheat or rye berries, and make it the way dumb S.O.B.'s have for the
> last 10 or 20 centuries <g>.

Yeah, worked really well for me, and I'm still using it. All the ones
from SDI are sat, dried in the cupboard. : - )

Jim